---
name: "John Henson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-henson"
fi1m_id: "john-henson"
imdb_id: "nm0378218"
tmdb_id: 1572175
wikidata_id: "Q1926267"
roles: []
born: "25 April 1965"
died: "14 February 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:34:43.092757+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Henson

## Identity

John Henson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-henson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-henson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0378218
- **TMDB ID:** 1572175
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1926267
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henson_(puppeteer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1926267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1572175

Actor. Born 25 April 1965 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Died 14 February 2014.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 April 1965, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 14 February 2014
- **Also known as:** John Paul Henson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henson_(puppeteer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1926267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1572175

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Muppet Treasure Island*](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Henson (1965–2014) was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with the Muppets. The son of Jim Henson and Jane Henson, he performed the character Sweetums, taking over the role from Richard Hunt in the early 1990s and supplying both puppetry and voice in later appearances.

Henson performed Sweetums in *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), *Muppets from Space* (1999), *It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie* (2002) and *The Muppets' Wizard of Oz* (2005), as well as on *Muppets Tonight* (1996–1998). He also worked as a producer on independent films and created sculptures.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Fi1m 73, as Sweetums (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Slippers* (2016), Actor
- *The Muppets' Wizard of Oz* (2005), as Sweetums (voice)
- *It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie* (2002), as Sweetums (voice)
- *Muppets from Space* (1999), as Additional Muppet Performer / Sweetums
- *Muppets Tonight* (1996), series, as Sweetums
- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), as Sweetums (voice) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)
- *Jim Henson's Memorial Service* (1990), Actor
- *Zelda Catwoman of Queens* (1990), Producer, Art Direction
- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), as Additional Muppet Performer
- *Bufferin: Memories* (1967), as Son

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